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This week on NOSH Podcast, Nuts.com CEO PJ Oleksak and chairman Jeffrey Braverman discuss how the nut empire was built and evolving the DTC business as online shopping has changed.

At NOSH Live, entrepreneurs hailing from a variety of companies and backgrounds gathered to network and learn from successful industry leaders. As part of the event’s slate of speakers, T.J. McIntyre, currently CEO of Bobo’s Oat Bars, shared lessons from a career spent working with high growth companies and managing cash flow in and out of their businesses.

On the table will be advice for brands looking to raise capital in the near term, as well as the ways current events are affecting CPG investing. Speakers include: Ashley Hartman co-leader of Bluestein Ventures, Genevieve Gilbreath co-founder and General Partner of Springdale Ventures, Franklin Isacson a Founding Partner at Coefficient Capital, and Tapan Shah who has been a part of the natural foods eco-system for almost 20 years.

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) will part ways with its president Chris Testa on October 13 as part of an ongoing effort to streamline operations and increase shareholder value, according to an announcement this week.

Impact Capital, the family office for longtime CPG entrepreneur Mike Repole, has acquired a majority stake in snack bar brand JUNKLESS Foods, according to an announcement today.

In recent corporate appointments, Grandy Organics has rehired its former COO Rob Maxwell to lead the granola brand, former My/Mochi executive Russell Barnett joins British frozen novelty company Doughlicious and Rä Foods names its new president.

Get ready for our October Community Calls! This month, hear how Fly by Jing grew a condiment subcategory, find out whether fractional sales is right for your business, talk to the VP of Center Store at Fresh Thyme, and learn how to build a sales analytics program for smart decision making.

As of this morning The Kellogg Company is no more. The global food giant completed its previously announced business split into two new separate entities: Kellanova and The W.K. Kellogg Company.

This week the team debriefs after the final Expo East including approaches brands have taken to combat the rising costs of retail and Expo’s new replacement. Then, Ronak Shah, co-founder and CEO of Obvi, discusses how his brand built a D2C-first model on the foundation of a very specific consumer demographic.

In this week’s roundup of notable new products, Primal Kitchen pokes fun at this week’s viral T Swift meme, Magic Spoon offers a better-for-you version of a nostalgic childhood treat and Tea Forte teams up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.